Understanding maize-weed competition: Resource competition, light quality and the whole plant

Field Crops Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-150

  Rajcan, Irena ^a   Swanton, Clarence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Far red red (FR R); Root shoot ratio; Shade avoidance syndrome; Weed competition; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); WEED CONTROL;

ECOLOGISTS;

CROPS;

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT; MAIZE; WEED;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035963282     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(01)00159-9     Document Type: Article

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